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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2370 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To improve the cooperation between the United States and the authorities |
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| 6 | 6 | | of Taiwan with respect to travel and tourism. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH26, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. K |
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| 10 | 10 | | IM(for herself, Mr. MOOLENAAR, and Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI) intro- |
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| 11 | 11 | | duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign |
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| 12 | 12 | | Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subse- |
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| 14 | 14 | | quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such |
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| 15 | 15 | | provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To improve the cooperation between the United States and |
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| 18 | 18 | | the authorities of Taiwan with respect to travel and tourism. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Taiwan Travel and 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Tourism Coordination Act’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | In this section: 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | mittees’’ means— 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | and Transportation of the Senate; 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the Senate; 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (C) the Committee on Homeland Security 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the House of Representatives; 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (E) the Committee on Energy and Com-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | merce of the House of Representatives; and 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (F) the Committee on Homeland Security 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | of the House of Representatives. 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) A |
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| 45 | 45 | | SSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist-16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Commerce for Travel and Tourism. 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | SEC. 3. TOURISM COOPERATION WITH TAIWAN. 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (a) I |
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| 50 | 50 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary, 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce and the 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Secretary of State, shall seek to engage the authorities 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | of Taiwan with respect to expanding cooperation between 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | the United States and such authorities on travel and tour-1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ism. 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (b) C |
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| 61 | 61 | | OOPERATIONEFFORTS.— 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (1) I |
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| 63 | 63 | | N GENERAL.—In seeking to expand co-4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | operation under subsection (a), the Assistant Sec-5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | retary, consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act (22 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) and applicable export regula-7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | tions, shall carry out efforts to identify and pursue 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | opportunities for— 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (A) enhancing travel between the United 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | States and Taiwan; and 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (B) strengthening the tourism industries of 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | both the United States and Taiwan in areas of 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | mutual benefit to the United States and the au-14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | thorities of Taiwan, including by— 15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (i) facilitating events and coordination 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | between travel and tourism industry part-17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ners, the United States, and the authori-18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ties of Taiwan, including hotel accommoda-19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | tions, restaurant or foodservice, the small 20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | business or retail sector, travel distribution 21 |
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| 81 | 81 | | services, the attractions and recreation sec-22 |
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| 82 | 82 | | tor (including outdoor recreation) city con-23 |
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| 83 | 83 | | vention and visitors’ bureaus, State tour-24 |
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| 84 | 84 | | ism offices, the commercial and private 25 |
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| 88 | 88 | | passenger air travel sector, and the land 1 |
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| 89 | 89 | | and sea passenger transportation sector, 2 |
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| 90 | 90 | | and other industry partners, as determined 3 |
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| 91 | 91 | | by the Assistant Secretary; 4 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (ii) advising on the preservation and 5 |
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| 93 | 93 | | incentivization of travel to interact with 6 |
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| 94 | 94 | | cultural heritage, artifacts, and landmarks; 7 |
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| 95 | 95 | | (iii) coordinating on the safety and se-8 |
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| 96 | 96 | | curity of international visitors; and 9 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (iv) conducting activities of mutual 10 |
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| 98 | 98 | | benefit relating to travel and tourism. 11 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (2) P |
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| 100 | 100 | | ROTECTION OF SENSITIVE AND PROPRI -12 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ETARY INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC INTERESTS OF 13 |
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| 102 | 102 | | THE UNITED STATES .—In carrying out the efforts 14 |
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| 103 | 103 | | and activities described in paragraph (1), the Assist-15 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ant Secretary, the Secretary of Commerce, and Sec-16 |
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| 105 | 105 | | retary of State shall take all appropriate measures 17 |
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| 106 | 106 | | to protect sensitive information, intellectual prop-18 |
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| 107 | 107 | | erty, trade secrets, and the economic interests of the 19 |
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| 108 | 108 | | United States. 20 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (c) R |
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| 110 | 110 | | EPORT.— 21 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (1) R |
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| 112 | 112 | | EQUIREMENT.—Not later than 270 days 22 |
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| 113 | 113 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-23 |
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| 114 | 114 | | nually thereafter for the subsequent five years, the 24 |
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| 115 | 115 | | Assistant Secretary, the Secretary of Commerce, and 25 |
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| 119 | 119 | | the Secretary of State shall jointly submit a report 1 |
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| 120 | 120 | | to the appropriate congressional committees that de-2 |
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| 121 | 121 | | scribes the implementation of this section. 3 |
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| 122 | 122 | | (2) E |
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| 123 | 123 | | LEMENTS.—Each report required under 4 |
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| 124 | 124 | | paragraph (1) shall include— 5 |
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| 125 | 125 | | (A) a description of the cooperation efforts 6 |
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| 126 | 126 | | and activities carried out pursuant to sub-7 |
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| 127 | 127 | | section (b)(1); 8 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (B) the identification of any challenge or 9 |
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| 129 | 129 | | resource gap that needs to be addressed to ex-10 |
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| 130 | 130 | | pand cooperation between the United States 11 |
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| 131 | 131 | | and the authorities of Taiwan with respect to 12 |
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| 132 | 132 | | travel and tourism; and 13 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (C) any other matter the Assistant Sec-14 |
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| 134 | 134 | | retary, the Secretary of Commerce, or the Sec-15 |
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| 135 | 135 | | retary of State considers relevant. 16 |
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| 136 | 136 | | SEC. 4. REPORT ON PRECLEARANCE FACILITIES IN TAI-17 |
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| 137 | 137 | | WAN. 18 |
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| 138 | 138 | | Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-19 |
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| 139 | 139 | | ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 20 |
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| 140 | 140 | | consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Sec-21 |
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| 141 | 141 | | retary of State, shall submit a report to the appropriate 22 |
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| 142 | 142 | | congressional committees that— 23 |
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| 146 | 146 | | (1) analyzes the feasibility of, and the advis-1 |
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| 147 | 147 | | ability for, the establishment of a preclearance facil-2 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ity in Taiwan; 3 |
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| 149 | 149 | | (2) describes the plan for the establishment of 4 |
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| 150 | 150 | | a preclearance facility in Taiwan or in other loca-5 |
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| 151 | 151 | | tions in the Indo-Pacific region; 6 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (3) assesses the impacts that preclearance oper-7 |
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| 153 | 153 | | ations in Taiwan will have on— 8 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (A) trade between the United States and 9 |
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| 155 | 155 | | Taiwan, including the impact on established 10 |
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| 156 | 156 | | supply chains; 11 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (B) the tourism industry in the United 12 |
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| 158 | 158 | | States, including the potential impact on rev-13 |
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| 159 | 159 | | enue and tourist-related commerce; 14 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (C) United States and foreign passengers 15 |
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| 161 | 161 | | traveling to the United States for business-re-16 |
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| 162 | 162 | | lated activities; 17 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (D) cost savings and potential market ac-18 |
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| 164 | 164 | | cess from expanding operations into the Indo- 19 |
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| 165 | 165 | | Pacific region; 20 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (E) opportunities for government-to-gov-21 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ernment collaboration available in Taiwan after 22 |
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| 168 | 168 | | preclearance operations are established; 23 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (F) U.S. Customs and Border Patrol inter-1 |
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| 173 | 173 | | national and domestic port of entry staffing; 2 |
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| 174 | 174 | | and 3 |
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| 175 | 175 | | (G) the foreign policy objectives of the 4 |
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| 176 | 176 | | United States in preserving and promoting ex-5 |
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| 177 | 177 | | tensive, close, and friendly commercial, cultural, 6 |
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| 178 | 178 | | and other relations between the people of the 7 |
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| 179 | 179 | | United States and the people of Taiwan; and 8 |
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| 180 | 180 | | (4) includes specific information on the antici-9 |
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| 181 | 181 | | pated homeland security benefits and the security 10 |
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| 182 | 182 | | vulnerabilities associated with conducting 11 |
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| 183 | 183 | | preclearance operations in Taiwan. 12 |
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